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Nearly fully usable MythTV box now!
The term “fully usable” is pretty relative, but we’re much happier now than we were a few weeks ago. We can now: See all parts of what’s being displayed on the TV screen. Before, parts just in from the...
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MythTV can now play both MPEGs and AVIs — and our DVDs, too
After a little effort, our box can now play MPEGs properly! Until now there was always a problem with them: audio was never in sync with video, making it unusable. AVIs were fine, but MPEGs divided up...
View ArticleWhy Watch TV may not work under MythTV 0.19
I did an apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -u on our MythTV box to update it to the latest and greatest. After doing the upgrade, though, we were no longer able to watch live TV. I read...
View ArticleMythTV 0.20 upgrade under Fedora Core3
Using to MythTV 0.20 under FC3 appears to be going well so far. After the “smart upgrade” and a reboot, I found that mythfrontend wasn’t coming up. It failed to start, as did mythbackend, because of...
View ArticleMythTV users of Ireland, unite!
Justin Mason has just launched a new mailing list for folks using MythTV in Ireland. Everyone can come out of the dark corners of the bogs and start putting together our collective experience to make...
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MythTV on any PC in your home
I recently figured out how to make it possible to install the mythfrontend client on other systems in our house rather than just on the TV in the livingroom. e.g., I can watch the news in a window here...
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New subwoofer? We don't need no stinking new subwoofer
Over the weekend we got to watch a full movie with Patrick for the first time: Star Wars! In the past he hasn’t wanted to see them because at some point he came to the belief that all movies are scary....
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Our MythTV Box — the anatomy of a possible corpse
I’ve searched but found I never actually noted the equipment I’m using for our small under-the-TV MythTV box. I’ve got more than one reason to note it: Shuttle SN45GV2 Barebone PC, Socket A (uses an...
View ArticleCopying between MythTV and TiVo
I put a bunch of shows from our MythTV box in Ireland, and want to copy them onto a Series2 TiVo in the US. I got TiVo Desktop, paid $25 to make it TiVo Desktop Plus, and configured it the way I was...
View ArticleMythTV for beginners
B built us a MythTV box, and did a lot of the documenting here. Today P turned on the tv and found that the recording files were there, but were empty. Now, I’ve only had one cup of tea, so I’m not...
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